The Sound of Laughterby Neon StarfireChaptersStory TimeThe Dog and Rock ShowGiggle at the GhostiesStory Time“Pinkie, can you please sit still?” questioned the purple unicorn; even though it was futile considering the pink party pony’s lifestyle. It was a bright and sunny day in the land of Equestria and even more so in the quaint little town of Ponyville. “Oh Twilight, you silly filly! I can’t sit still; I’ve got a massive project I need to do” replied the energetic pony known as Pinkie Pie, currently bouncing up and down while Twilight trotted next to her. “I need to get enough ingredients for Pound and Pumpkin Cake. We’re going to make cupcakes you know.” “But this will be quick; I already have Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy coming so that just leaves you. I’m sure the twins can wait for cupcakes for a few hours.” “Hmm,” Pinkie said as she stopped her bouncing and went for a trot instead. “Sorry, I Pinkie Promised I’d be back lickety-split, but I’m free tomorrow.” “Ugh, now I have to reschedule with the others now” moaned Twilight; slightly irritated by the pink earth pony. “Fine, I’ll see you tomorrow then.” “Okie-Dokie-Lokie!” shouted Pinkie as she resumed bouncing over to Sugarcube Corner. “In the Library!” “Okie” “At 10 o’clock!” “Dokie” “BRING FOOD WITH YOU!” “LOKIE!” And with that, Pinkie sped off leaving Twilight in the middle of the town square. “I seriously can’t understand what that mare is thinking” she said. It was then that she realised that a crowd appeared to watch their shouting contest and some of the ponies gave Twilight an annoyed glare. “Umm...sorry?” she said while giving them the best awkward poker face a pony could have. She decided that walking through the crowd of angry ponies would be a bad idea so she opted for the simple teleport spell that has saved her flank many times. So with a simple *POP* she disappeared and reappeared in another part of town and trotted off to tell her friends about the plan changes. The next day Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy and Spike (after being forced to by Twilight and convincing himself that stories are better than being bored), sat in the middle of the library with a book in front of Twilight. “Ugh! I’m so bored! It feels like we’ve been sitting here for hours, I need to stretch my wings and practise for the Wonderbolts!” whined a very impatient Rainbow Dash (although not as much as Rarity whined when she got taken). “Simmer down suga’cube, It’s only been 15 minutes” Applejack said. “Now now, I’m sure she is just busy; with the Cake twins and all that” reasoned a mildly bored Rarity. Twilight added “Well wherever she is, I’m pretty sure she-” “HIYA GUYS! Watcha’ up to!” Before Twilight could finish, Pinkie popped up behind her while the group jumped a bit and Fluttershy let out a soft “Eep!” and covered her head with her hooves. “Pinkie dear...give us...a bit more... warning...next time” Rarity gasped between breathes as she clutched her chest as did the others, with the exception of Fluttershy who kept cowering under her hooves and Spike who managed to hang on to the ceiling upside down like a cat. “Okie-dokie-lokie! So what are we doing again?” Pinkie asked, just before her tail started to twitch signalling that something was going to fall. “QUICK EVERYPONY! P-SENSE MANOUVER ALPHA 42! DUCK AND COVER!” screamed Twilight who knew now to trust the all-seeing ‘Pinkie Sense’. So they did ‘duck and cover’. Unfortunately for Twilight she was too busy giving out orders, she didn’t bother to look up as Spike fell from the ceiling and landed on her with a *thump*. “Oh! Hiya Spike, why were you hanging upside down?” Pinkie said with her trademark grin. “Oooooh, My back” Twilight moaned which signalled Spike to get off her. She stood up and her back gave a *crack* as the bones slid back into place. “My back.” “Umm, do you need a doctor darling or shall I have Aloe and Lotus fix you up a soothing massage?” asked a concerned Rarity who walked out of her hiding place underneath the doorway arch. “No, No. I’ll be fine, I think.” Just then a book fell on her crushing her even more “Actually Rarity why not, set me up with a massage” Twilight asked her as she stood up and prompted them all to sit back down once the coast was clear and Rarity made a mental note to make a reservation at the local spa. “So exactly why am I here and not out practising?” Rainbow Dash said raring to go outside. “Well, remember when we found out that Dash’s Sonic Rainboom gave us all our Cutie Marks” Twilight started. The group all nodded back. “Well I was wondering what life was like for each of us before the rainboom.” The rest of them gave her an understanding nod of approval. “Soooo whut’s the book fer then?” Applejack asked. “Well, while we each tell the stories, Spike here” She motioned to him and he waved back at them. “Is going to write it all down in the book with titles to separate each story with breaks in between so he doesn’t get claw cramps” Twilight explained. “Oh yeah I remember,” Spike started. “Last time I got claw cramps was before you went all crazy with the doll and pretty much all of Ponyville fought each other annnd maybe I should stop there” he said after he got a glare from Twilight and stifled giggles from the others. “Anyway, who wants to start us off?” Twilight asked. “Ooh! Ooh! Pick me! Pick me!” Pinkie said raising her hoof up and bouncing up and down like a school filly who wants sweets or wants to know about how somepony got their Cutie Mark, and destroying the town in the process of obtaining said Cutie Mark. “Sure Pinkie, go ahead. Spike get ready to write” Twilight said motioning the young dragon to start writing. “Let me start from the day when my dad started to teach me how to farm rocks” and with that, Pinkie went to tell them all about the Pie family rock farm and her story before the Sonic Rainboom. Author's Note This is my first fanfic so constructive criticism is approved. Also do you want the flashback to be in chronological order (starts at age 5 to age 10-year of rainboom) or jumping back and forth between the times of the memories? The Dog and Rock ShowPinkie’s age: 8 years old 5 years until Sonic Rainboom “Inkemina, pull a bit more on your side. Blinkemina, make sure you tighten that knot properly and Pinkemina... where’s she gone?” asked the brown aged earth pony instructing his daughters on the basics of using a pulley system. It had been a long day on the Pie family rock farm resulting in the excavation of a few gemstones and the discovery of an underground cave system. Clyde Pie was an aged earth pony with a copper pelt and sports a black tie with a similarly coloured fedora. He had dark grey sideburns, his mane and tail colour was the same as his sideburns with a lighter shade down the middle. His cutie mark was of a pickaxe hitting a rock. He was instructing his youngest daughters and twin sisters: Inkemina and Blinkemina Pie on operating the various machines on the farm. “Pinkemina Diane Pie come over here this instant and help out!” he shouted. “Alright, alright I’m coming keep your hat on” shouted a slightly high pitched voice that came from a very irritated pink filly from the farmhouse. One thing you should know about Inkemina, Blinkemina and Pinkemina, is that they all have the same manestyle; long, wavy and completely boring. The only differences would be that Pinkemina is older than her sisters and they are different colours to each other. Pinkemina, as her name suggests, is effectively pink all over: Pink mane, pink tail and pink pelt, she was all pink apart from her eyes which had blue irises. Blinkemina had a mane and tail colour of light grey, her pelt colour was a mix between light blue and light purple. She had an iris colour of yellow. Inkemina’s pelt colour was a darker shade of grey than Blinkemina’s mane and tail. Inkemina’s mane and tail was an even darker shade of grey and she had purple irises. “Okay I’m here what do you want?” asked Pinkemina still irritated from being disrupted from her very riveting game of ‘count the rocks’. “I thought you wanted to know how to use the mine once your sisters were old enough to move rocks?” Clyde reminded her sternly. “Fine I do want to learn, but how’s working the pulley gonna help us to mine” she said. ‘Not like I have any choice’ was what she was thinking as Clyde told her what to do. “All in due time my dear Pinkemina, now get over there, you’re going to manoeuvre the rocks, which Inkemina is lifting, onto that platform there,” he said as he pointed to the wooden board next to the pulley. “Blinkemina make sure you tie that knot properly, we don’t want the rock to slip and fall. Once you have done that, help Pinkemina in moving the rock to the platform” he told them. “Yes dad,” they said in unison. Just like the Cutie Mark Crusaders who will appear in 13 years’ time, (not that they know that) the Pie sisters have an uncanny ability to say things at the same time. After 10 minutes of pulling and manoeuvring, they managed to get the rock out of the hole and on to the wooden platform. The rock itself was about as big as Clyde and as wide as the three sisters if they were to stand side by side. “Alright then, Sue! Sue! Do you have my chisel and hammer?” he shouted in the direction of the farmhouse. “I think you put them next to the pulley. If it’s not there then it’s probably somewhere here” called an aged feminine voice from the farmhouse. “Oh wait, here it is” she said and proceeded to head out to where Clyde was. Sue Pie’s pelt colour was the same as Blinkemina’s mane colour, her mane and tail colour were a dark turquoise; the same as the rocks on her cutie mark, and her mane was done up in a bun. She wore gold-rimmed glasses which rested on her muzzle and wore a gold necklace with a bright green gem hidden behind her black collar. She carried the chisel and hammer in one of her saddlebags and after getting a quick peck on the cheek from Clyde, and groans of disgust from the fillies, dropped the tools on the ground. “Why do we need that?” asked Inkemina. Clyde didn’t say anything and just went to the rock that they had just pulled up. He placed the chisel on the exact centre of the rock and with the hammer, handed it to Sue who walked up to the rock and smashed the chisel down sending it further into the rock. They did the same thing three more times before the rock began to split down the middle and cracked open to reveal its treasures to the three sisters. What they saw left their jaws hanging wide open. Inside the rock was the biggest assortment of gems that they ever saw. *** “GEMS!?” both Spike and Rarity called out to ask about the gemstones and to give Spike a break from writing. “Yepparoony! There was around 50 gems. There were fire rubies, sapphires, some diamonds and I think there was some quartz in there as well” Pinkie explained leaving Spike drooling and Rarity with stars in her eyes. “Well, can we get back to the story please?” asked Twilight. “Spike, stop drooling and get back to writing.” “Huh-wha? Oh sorry Twilight, I just can’t stop thinking about those gems” Spike said holding the quill and getting ready to write again. Pinkie got back to where she left off. “Well we just found a large assortment of gems.” *** “Wow! That’s a lot of gemstones.” Inkemina said, awestruck at the sight before her. Clyde let out a soft chuckle before he spoke. “It sure is. Now come on, it’s getting late and we should hide these gems somewhere safe.” Clyde walked back to the farmhouse and retrieved a large cart just big enough to carry all the gems plus two passengers. Sue already went ahead to start cooking dinner and prep the storage area. “Alright help me load up the gems, and then Pinkemina and I will hook up while you two can sit on the cart and make sure no gems fall off. Everypony know what they’re doing?” “Yes dad” they replied in unison again. They loaded all fifty gemstones up on to the cart and hooked themselves up. Before they set off however, Clyde froze and looked behind him. “Dad, what are you looking at?” asked Pinkemina who was also looking around her. “Nothing, I just thought I heard some scratching. Probably just a few rats” he said before they set off back towards the farmhouse. Unknown to all four of them a pair of slitted eyes were watching them from the hole where they dug up the rock from. Watching... and planning before it sunk back down into the darkness below. *** The next ten days carried on like that; the girls would go out and get taught many of the mining techniques Clyde used and trying them out themselves. Clyde suddenly heard more scratching, like the scuttling of paws from a mouse trying to scamper back into its hiding place, but these paws sounded much bigger and a lot closer too. Inkemina, Pinkemina and Blinkemina were just about to cut a rock in half when four creatures, wearing rags and looking similarly like dogs jumped out from one of the holes and started to run towards the three fillies. “Agh!” the three fillies were screaming at the top of their lungs which alerted Clyde about the trespassers and quickly motioned the girls to get behind him. “Who or what are you and why are you here!?” he questioned defiantly. The smallest of the group of dogs raised his right appendage up to signal to the others that he wishes to speak and be left alone. The other dogs picked up the rock beside them and scampered back into the hole. The leader spoke in a gruff voice which sounded a bit like he was gargling gravel. “I am Growler, leader of this group of Diamond Dogs and we only wish for you to return what you have stolen from us!” he said as he pumped his right hand, now curled into a ball high in the air and lightning appeared from nowhere illuminating the gloomy sky. *** “Whoa hold on thar suga’cube. Are ya’ll telling us that you faced Diamond Dogs, and didn’t bother to tell us on how to beat ‘em when Rarity got taken?” Applejack asked. “Well I was going to tell you, but we were busy digging the holes and when we got there Rarity was fine so I didn’t think we needed information.” Pinkie explained. “You could have at least told us darling. Also was it the same ruffians that took me?” Rarity asked. “Girls, can we get back to the story?” whined Rainbow Dash. “Hmm, where was I? Oh yeah, well after the leader said that my dad got all protective” Pinkie started. *** “We never stole anything from you.” Clyde said. “Yes you did, the rocks with gems that you keep digging up are in Diamond Dog territory” Growler explained. “Well I’m truly sorry for stealing from you but we didn’t know you were here at the time” Clyde said. “Perhaps we can come to a compromise” he reasoned. “Hmm, I’m listening, what do you have in mind?” Growler asked as he folded his arms across his chest. “Well how about we give you half of the gems that we find in, exchange you supply us with the rocks?” Clyde said who forgot he still had his daughters behind him. “Hmm” Growler was deep in thought over this proposition. “Okay then, you can crack the rocks that we can’t break and then we get half of the gems in the rock” he spat on his right paw and held it out. “Deal?” he said. Clyde did the same and then he and Growler shook on it. “Deal!” after that, Growler turned and shouted in the direction of the hole. “Sentinel, Rumbler, Banshee, Bring that rock back here!” Out from the hole popped up three Dogs and the rock which Clyde recognised as the same three who appeared with Growler. Clyde instantly picked up on what they wanted, took his hammer and chisel and walked over to the rock which the Dogs set down in front of him. Inkemina, Blinkemina and Pinkemina were curious and walked over next to their dad. Clyde positioned the chisel on the middle of the rock and had Pinkemina whack it with the hammer. It took a lot longer since she wasn’t as strong as Sue who had some experience in whacking rocks, but eventually the rock broke and out came more gemstones around the same amount as the rock found ten days ago. The Diamond Dogs pinked up half of the rock and dived back into the hole with their loot. “That, girls, is how you deal with trespassers: see if they want something and if you can help them, then do. If they want something from you then see if you can strike a compromise with them” Clyde explained as if he has dealt with this before. “What’s a compromise?” Pinkemina asked. “It’s like giving them a deal where both groups will benefit from the deal” ‘Well, that and I can’t really fight them since this isn’t rated teen’ he thought. “Now come on, I think your mother is cooking dinner now” Clyde said as he looked at the setting sun over the horizon. As they walked back the three fillies fell into a conversation. “Well that was eventful” Pinkemina stated. “Do you think we’re gonna do that again?” asked Blinkemina. “Well mum says that we might be going to Manehattan soon to exchange valuable goods” replied Inkemina. “Hopefully it will be as eventful as today was” said Pinkemina. “Girls! Hurry up and get over here!” ordered Clyde from the doorway. This disrupted the girl’s train of thought and they sped back to the farmhouse. After dinner, they went upstairs and went to sleep in their bedrooms. Once the dishes were cleared up; Clyde and Sue went upstairs and went to sleep. None of them were aware of what would await them at Manehattan. *** “Wow!” Rarity exclaimed awestruck at the story that was just told. “Does that mean that you know the names of all the gems in Equestria?” she asked. “Yeppers!” Pinkie exclaimed. “What are you gonna talk about now? How about what happened in Manehattan?” Twilight asked, curious as she is. Pinkie’s mane started to deflate at this question and she developed a frown instead of her trademark smile. ‘I don’t want to remember that’ [color] a part of her mind thought. ‘But maybe I can trust them with this secret and I really need to get this off my chest’ the other part of her mind reasoned. ‘Hmmm Nah. Find another memory’ the first part retorted. “Girls” she started. “How about I tell you the time Granny Pie visited the farm!” she instantly perked up at the memory. “Eh sure why not” Rainbow mumbled; wishing that the story will get more exciting. “Okay then, Spike get ready” Twilight motioned for her number one assistant to continue writing while the others nodded in agreement. Pinkie thought for a moment before finally speaking. “Okay, lemme start two days before she came to the farm... ” Giggle at the GhostiesPinkie’s age: 9 years old 4 years until Sonic Rainboom The Pie family were busy. This was because Granny Pie was due to arrive later in the week so Everypony was busy with a specific job: Clyde went to town for various supplies that they might need, Sue was busy with making sure the house was spotless and the three fillies were at the front of the house clearing the path of any stray dirt. It may not seem like it but the house does have a cobblestone path leading from the front gate to the farmhouse. *** “I won’t bore you with the details but this is what we did before Granny came to the farm” Pinkie said. “Oh... um... I don’t really mind Pinkie” Fluttershy said just above a whisper. “Well I care, so can we so can we please skip the boring parts?” asked Rainbow Dash. “Let’s see, it was the night before she was due to arrive” Pinkie started. A blue maned earth pony trudged up the dirt path leading up to the farmhouse, her saddlebags hanging from her sides. Her coat was bright pink and had a cutie mark of a few vines, with gems coming off them, growing up a pole. It was a bright sunny day out on the farm and the birds were singing, not that she really paid them any mind. She came up to the door and knocked three times to signify her coming. Hoofsteps came from inside, getting louder the nearer the occupant got to the door. It swung open to reveal a small pink filly on the other side of the doorway. “Good day to you dear Pinkie” “Granny Pie!” the pink filly shouted. Pinkemina opened the door to let her grandma in only to be bear-hugged. “Granny” she wheezed. “You’re squishing me.” “Oh dear, I’m terribly sorry. It’s just been a long time since I last saw you” she said. She then looked over to the other ponies sitting on the couch and saw her other granddaughters. “Inkie, Blinkie come over here and give your granny a hug. It’s good to see you.” Both of them stood up from their game, consisting of dragons and old, decrepit dungeons, and hugged their grandma. Pinkemina went over to the door and closed it so it wouldn’t get colder. “It’s good to see you too granny” they said in unison. Sue was in the kitchen when she heard the commotion from the living room. “Mother is that you?” she asked. “I thought you weren’t due for another hour” she then proceeded to turn the stove to low heat and trot to the living room. “Well I was thinking of buying some apples from that new town near here, but I decided that I would surprise you by coming here early” she reasoned. “This is a surprise; Clyde is out busy doing some last minute digging near a gem vein that he found the other day, and I haven’t finished making dinner.” “Oh no, you don’t have to stop your mining because of me. I may be an old bird but I can still take care of myself. Also what are you cooking, it smells delicious.” “Cauliflower soup. Just like you used to make them” Sue said as her eyes glazed over with the fond memories. It was at this time that Clyde walked through the door with his mining pick and a bag full of gems. He looked up and saw his wife talking to her mother. “Mother? I thought you would be here a little later?” he inquired. Granny Pie twisted her head around to talk to the person standing in front of the doorway. “I know we said that you would be part of the family when you married my daughter, but you don’t have to keep calling me mother. Just Sarah will do” she half-scolded him. “Okay mo- I mean Sarah. How was your trip here?” he asked as he walked over and sat down on the chair. The sisters had moved their game over to a spot on the floor to allow the adults to talk about... adult things. “It was fairly nice a few birds and animals here and there but apart from that, it was really relaxing. The carriage puller was very friendly and that new town has some really friendly ponies. You should visit sometime” Sarah said. Well we were thinking of going there to sell some of our gems. Also is it true that I heard about something called zap apple jam?” Clyde asked. “Yup, you heard correctly. I wasn’t able to get any since it only comes around during the end of summer but you should go there sometime. The family that sells them sell the best apples in all of Equestria, or so I’ve heard.” Sarah told them. “Ha ha. We beat the Ursa Minor! Now let’s loot its body for some sweet booty me hearties!” that was Inkemina playing the role of a pirate with her trusty parrot on her shoulder and the character that Blinkemina was playing as, which was a ninja. Pinkemina, playing as the keeper, rolled the two dice as she said. “Looting the Ursa’s body you find...” she rolled a five and a one. “An essence of the cosmos. You put it in your pocket and continue on in your quest” she told them. *** “It was pretty much just that for the afternoon; us playing Harmony and Chaos and my parents catching up on the past” Pinkie said. “Why would you play that game? I’ve heard that it’s boring, confusing and can make some twenty percent less cool in about five seconds flat!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed. “Don’t you usually say ten seconds flat?” inquired Spike. “Yeah but this game is so not cool that it only takes five seconds.” “Wow, that bad huh?” Spike said. “Yeah it’s that bad.” It was the night before Sarah had to leave to go back to her home but as she was about to walk to her room, she heard some sniffing in the room next to her. Curious, she opened the door carefully and saw a pink filly in the covers slightly illuminated by the midnight gem. She went to the side of the bed and lifted up the filly so she could hug her. Pinkemina woke with a gasp from the sudden movement but as she saw who it was she hugged her grandmother tightly. “Shh shh its okay, it’s okay” Sarah comforted the filly. She turned around due to a sudden squeak and saw Clyde and Sue with worried faces on their muzzles. She asked them to be quiet and told them to go to their rooms for she had something important to tell her youngest granddaughter. “Come on, let’s go back to bed.” She placed Pinkemina on the bed and started walking away when the filly called out. “No! I-I mean please don’t leave me” Pinkemina asked worryingly. Sarah turned around and sat on the bed. She pulled Pinkemina up and hugged her. “Are you scared of the dark dear Pinkie?” “No... Sort of” she sighed in defeat knowing that her secret has most likely been found out. “Yes.” “Why haven’t you told your parents about this?” “I thought I could face my fears on my own, like a big filly would.” “You may be destined for greater things but you are still a young filly” Sarah put her hoof to her chin in thought. “This reminds me of a song that an old friend of mine taught me.” She stood up and faced the bed while music started to come out of nowhere. I can see a little filly and the sun has going down~ From across the hallway Sue Pie asked her husband with a smile: “Isn’t that the song-?” The darkness and the shadows, they are making you frown~ To which he replied smirking: “Hehehe, it is.” Now don’t hide under your pillow from what you think you see. Because I am saying that isn’t the way to deal with fears at all~ Pinkemina looked from underneath her pillow to question her grandmother. “Then what is?” I’m saying: Pinkie you’ve gotta stand up tall; learn to face your fears. You’ll see that they can’t hurt you, just laugh to make them disappear~! She lifted Pinkemina and made her face the wardrobe. “Ha! Ha! Ha!” after she said that, the swamp monster from the dark lagoon disappeared in a puff of smoke and became a normal wardrobe. Pinkemina gasped at this shocking revelation. So~ Giggle at the ghostie. Guffaw at the grossly. Crack up at the creepy. Whoop it up with the weepy. Chortle at the kooky. Snortle at the spooky. Sarah took a very deep breath in before she sang the next part very rapidly: And tell that big dumb scary face to take a hike and leave you alone and if he thinks he can scare you then he's got another thing coming and the very idea of such a thing just makes you wanna... hahahaha... heh... Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuugh! Sarah walked over to Pinkemina’s bed and tucked the young filly in. “Thanks Granny!” Pinkemina exclaimed. Sarah kneeled down next to the filly’s bed and kissed her forehead. Pinkemina sat up and hugged her grandma. They stayed in this position for a few more seconds before Sarah broke the embrace and kissed Pinkemina on the forehead again. “No problem my dear Pinkemina” she said before standing up and trotting over to the door. “Umm, granny?” “Hmm?” Sarah wondered before looking over her shoulders at the prone form of the filly on the bed. “Can you call me Pinkie, please? I like that name.” Sarah allowed a faint smile to crawl across her muzzle. “No problem, my dear Pinkie. Now remember that song and that you can do anything with the sound of laughter. You were always destined for greater things” she said before walking out the room and closing the door behind her. Instead of walking to her room she went straight to the front door. *** "Oh, so that's where that song came from" said Rarity. "Yup, but the funny thing was, after she left my room, I couldn't get back to sleep much so I looked out the window and I saw Princess Celestia standing outside talking to my grandmother" Pinkie said. "Wait. Why would the princess be outside your house?" Twilight asked. "Surely she has royal duties to do" "Can we just carry on with the story. We can ask the princess why she was at a rock farm instead of Canterlot with a letter can't we?" Dash said evidently tired with all the sitting she has had to endure. "Well I'm just curious as to what they could have talked about" Twilight said. *** Sarah Pie pushed the front door open and sat on the wooden rocking chair on the porch. She closed he eyes and listened to the sound of nature as she rocked back and forth. “I trust you didn't reveal too much to the young filly now did you?” she was snapped out of her stupor by a voice, which carried a regal tone to it, enquired at the old mare. “P-P-Princess!” she exclaimed as she jumped off the chair and bowed to the ruler of Equestria. “Sarah Pie, I thought I told you that I hate formalities” The regal alicorn chided. “Sorry Pri- I mean Celestia. Old habits die hard I guess.” “Yes quite, now back to what I was saying earlier, did you tell young Pinkemina of her destiny?” she asked. “No” Sarah replied strongly. “All I told her was that she was destined for greater things.” “Good. Mother has planned all of this and everything must go according to plan. Now run along my little pony, it’s getting late.” Very well” Sarah turned to walk back into the house, but before she did, she looked over her shoulder and asked Celestia a question: “Whatever your mother has planned, can you please make sure nothing bad happens to my granddaughter?” “I can’t promise anything. Pinkemina and her friends will face many hardships that will test each of their resolves. However I will at least promise that they will learn great things with each problem they face and that I will try to help them with every problem.” “Okay, I trust your guidance” and with that Sarah walked back to the house and went inside, ready for a good night’s sleep. Celestia turned around and look up at the moon. Her horn glowed in a yellow aura as she closed her eyes and spoke telepathically to a lone being on the moon. “Oh Luna~” Somewhere on a barren rock drifting in the never-ending void of space, a dark blue alicorn sat up groggily. “What do you want Tia?” Luna asked, clearly annoyed at her rude awakening. “I was looking through the dreamscape before you woke me up. Can’t you at least wait until the night is over?” Sorry Luna but I would like to inform you that one of the elements has learned the song mother created to help ‘defeat’ you” Celestia put extra emphasis on the defeat part. “You know I’m still annoyed that mother chose me to become the evil Nightmare Moon and ‘ be purged from the darkness’ as she so cleverly put it, it’s a stupid name. Also what is this thing about me using the aroyal ‘we’ all of a sudden, I thought we abandoned those 300 years before my so-called ‘banishment’” Luna complained “I know but mother did say you were better at acting than me.” “I suppose you’re right, do you think I- we should start practising more?” You might as well; you only have about 15 more years before your’ return as Queen Nightmare Moon and cast eternal night.’ Although I have to agree with you sister, that name does sound stupid.” “Well ‘we’ hath thought naught of a better name. This is going to take some getting used to” Luna said. “Remember Luna, you need to practise the royal ‘we’ and ye olde Equestrian” Celestia reminded her. “Yeah sure whatever. Goodnight” Luna said as she fell into a peaceful slumber. Celestia opened her eyes and spread her wings to take off into the night shy back to Canterlot. Unbeknownst to both Sarah and Celestia, a young pink filly with a straight mane was peeking out of her bedroom window. She wondered why Celestia was outside in their quiet rock farm since she was half asleep and didn’t really catch any of the conversation. She managed to get back to bed a and lie down wondering why the princess would come to a simple rock farm.
Story Time“Pinkie, can you please sit still?” questioned the purple unicorn; even though it was futile considering the pink party pony’s lifestyle. It was a bright and sunny day in the land of Equestria and even more so in the quaint little town of Ponyville. “Oh Twilight, you silly filly! I can’t sit still; I’ve got a massive project I need to do” replied the energetic pony known as Pinkie Pie, currently bouncing up and down while Twilight trotted next to her. “I need to get enough ingredients for Pound and Pumpkin Cake. We’re going to make cupcakes you know.” “But this will be quick; I already have Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy coming so that just leaves you. I’m sure the twins can wait for cupcakes for a few hours.” “Hmm,” Pinkie said as she stopped her bouncing and went for a trot instead. “Sorry, I Pinkie Promised I’d be back lickety-split, but I’m free tomorrow.” “Ugh, now I have to reschedule with the others now” moaned Twilight; slightly irritated by the pink earth pony. “Fine, I’ll see you tomorrow then.” “Okie-Dokie-Lokie!” shouted Pinkie as she resumed bouncing over to Sugarcube Corner. “In the Library!” “Okie” “At 10 o’clock!” “Dokie” “BRING FOOD WITH YOU!” “LOKIE!” And with that, Pinkie sped off leaving Twilight in the middle of the town square. “I seriously can’t understand what that mare is thinking” she said. It was then that she realised that a crowd appeared to watch their shouting contest and some of the ponies gave Twilight an annoyed glare. “Umm...sorry?” she said while giving them the best awkward poker face a pony could have. She decided that walking through the crowd of angry ponies would be a bad idea so she opted for the simple teleport spell that has saved her flank many times. So with a simple *POP* she disappeared and reappeared in another part of town and trotted off to tell her friends about the plan changes. The next day Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy and Spike (after being forced to by Twilight and convincing himself that stories are better than being bored), sat in the middle of the library with a book in front of Twilight. “Ugh! I’m so bored! It feels like we’ve been sitting here for hours, I need to stretch my wings and practise for the Wonderbolts!” whined a very impatient Rainbow Dash (although not as much as Rarity whined when she got taken). “Simmer down suga’cube, It’s only been 15 minutes” Applejack said. “Now now, I’m sure she is just busy; with the Cake twins and all that” reasoned a mildly bored Rarity. Twilight added “Well wherever she is, I’m pretty sure she-” “HIYA GUYS! Watcha’ up to!” Before Twilight could finish, Pinkie popped up behind her while the group jumped a bit and Fluttershy let out a soft “Eep!” and covered her head with her hooves. “Pinkie dear...give us...a bit more... warning...next time” Rarity gasped between breathes as she clutched her chest as did the others, with the exception of Fluttershy who kept cowering under her hooves and Spike who managed to hang on to the ceiling upside down like a cat. “Okie-dokie-lokie! So what are we doing again?” Pinkie asked, just before her tail started to twitch signalling that something was going to fall. “QUICK EVERYPONY! P-SENSE MANOUVER ALPHA 42! DUCK AND COVER!” screamed Twilight who knew now to trust the all-seeing ‘Pinkie Sense’. So they did ‘duck and cover’. Unfortunately for Twilight she was too busy giving out orders, she didn’t bother to look up as Spike fell from the ceiling and landed on her with a *thump*. “Oh! Hiya Spike, why were you hanging upside down?” Pinkie said with her trademark grin. “Oooooh, My back” Twilight moaned which signalled Spike to get off her. She stood up and her back gave a *crack* as the bones slid back into place. “My back.” “Umm, do you need a doctor darling or shall I have Aloe and Lotus fix you up a soothing massage?” asked a concerned Rarity who walked out of her hiding place underneath the doorway arch. “No, No. I’ll be fine, I think.” Just then a book fell on her crushing her even more “Actually Rarity why not, set me up with a massage” Twilight asked her as she stood up and prompted them all to sit back down once the coast was clear and Rarity made a mental note to make a reservation at the local spa. “So exactly why am I here and not out practising?” Rainbow Dash said raring to go outside. “Well, remember when we found out that Dash’s Sonic Rainboom gave us all our Cutie Marks” Twilight started. The group all nodded back. “Well I was wondering what life was like for each of us before the rainboom.” The rest of them gave her an understanding nod of approval. “Soooo whut’s the book fer then?” Applejack asked. “Well, while we each tell the stories, Spike here” She motioned to him and he waved back at them. “Is going to write it all down in the book with titles to separate each story with breaks in between so he doesn’t get claw cramps” Twilight explained. “Oh yeah I remember,” Spike started. “Last time I got claw cramps was before you went all crazy with the doll and pretty much all of Ponyville fought each other annnd maybe I should stop there” he said after he got a glare from Twilight and stifled giggles from the others. “Anyway, who wants to start us off?” Twilight asked. “Ooh! Ooh! Pick me! Pick me!” Pinkie said raising her hoof up and bouncing up and down like a school filly who wants sweets or wants to know about how somepony got their Cutie Mark, and destroying the town in the process of obtaining said Cutie Mark. “Sure Pinkie, go ahead. Spike get ready to write” Twilight said motioning the young dragon to start writing. “Let me start from the day when my dad started to teach me how to farm rocks” and with that, Pinkie went to tell them all about the Pie family rock farm and her story before the Sonic Rainboom. Author's Note This is my first fanfic so constructive criticism is approved. Also do you want the flashback to be in chronological order (starts at age 5 to age 10-year of rainboom) or jumping back and forth between the times of the memories?
The Dog and Rock ShowPinkie’s age: 8 years old 5 years until Sonic Rainboom “Inkemina, pull a bit more on your side. Blinkemina, make sure you tighten that knot properly and Pinkemina... where’s she gone?” asked the brown aged earth pony instructing his daughters on the basics of using a pulley system. It had been a long day on the Pie family rock farm resulting in the excavation of a few gemstones and the discovery of an underground cave system. Clyde Pie was an aged earth pony with a copper pelt and sports a black tie with a similarly coloured fedora. He had dark grey sideburns, his mane and tail colour was the same as his sideburns with a lighter shade down the middle. His cutie mark was of a pickaxe hitting a rock. He was instructing his youngest daughters and twin sisters: Inkemina and Blinkemina Pie on operating the various machines on the farm. “Pinkemina Diane Pie come over here this instant and help out!” he shouted. “Alright, alright I’m coming keep your hat on” shouted a slightly high pitched voice that came from a very irritated pink filly from the farmhouse. One thing you should know about Inkemina, Blinkemina and Pinkemina, is that they all have the same manestyle; long, wavy and completely boring. The only differences would be that Pinkemina is older than her sisters and they are different colours to each other. Pinkemina, as her name suggests, is effectively pink all over: Pink mane, pink tail and pink pelt, she was all pink apart from her eyes which had blue irises. Blinkemina had a mane and tail colour of light grey, her pelt colour was a mix between light blue and light purple. She had an iris colour of yellow. Inkemina’s pelt colour was a darker shade of grey than Blinkemina’s mane and tail. Inkemina’s mane and tail was an even darker shade of grey and she had purple irises. “Okay I’m here what do you want?” asked Pinkemina still irritated from being disrupted from her very riveting game of ‘count the rocks’. “I thought you wanted to know how to use the mine once your sisters were old enough to move rocks?” Clyde reminded her sternly. “Fine I do want to learn, but how’s working the pulley gonna help us to mine” she said. ‘Not like I have any choice’ was what she was thinking as Clyde told her what to do. “All in due time my dear Pinkemina, now get over there, you’re going to manoeuvre the rocks, which Inkemina is lifting, onto that platform there,” he said as he pointed to the wooden board next to the pulley. “Blinkemina make sure you tie that knot properly, we don’t want the rock to slip and fall. Once you have done that, help Pinkemina in moving the rock to the platform” he told them. “Yes dad,” they said in unison. Just like the Cutie Mark Crusaders who will appear in 13 years’ time, (not that they know that) the Pie sisters have an uncanny ability to say things at the same time. After 10 minutes of pulling and manoeuvring, they managed to get the rock out of the hole and on to the wooden platform. The rock itself was about as big as Clyde and as wide as the three sisters if they were to stand side by side. “Alright then, Sue! Sue! Do you have my chisel and hammer?” he shouted in the direction of the farmhouse. “I think you put them next to the pulley. If it’s not there then it’s probably somewhere here” called an aged feminine voice from the farmhouse. “Oh wait, here it is” she said and proceeded to head out to where Clyde was. Sue Pie’s pelt colour was the same as Blinkemina’s mane colour, her mane and tail colour were a dark turquoise; the same as the rocks on her cutie mark, and her mane was done up in a bun. She wore gold-rimmed glasses which rested on her muzzle and wore a gold necklace with a bright green gem hidden behind her black collar. She carried the chisel and hammer in one of her saddlebags and after getting a quick peck on the cheek from Clyde, and groans of disgust from the fillies, dropped the tools on the ground. “Why do we need that?” asked Inkemina. Clyde didn’t say anything and just went to the rock that they had just pulled up. He placed the chisel on the exact centre of the rock and with the hammer, handed it to Sue who walked up to the rock and smashed the chisel down sending it further into the rock. They did the same thing three more times before the rock began to split down the middle and cracked open to reveal its treasures to the three sisters. What they saw left their jaws hanging wide open. Inside the rock was the biggest assortment of gems that they ever saw. *** “GEMS!?” both Spike and Rarity called out to ask about the gemstones and to give Spike a break from writing. “Yepparoony! There was around 50 gems. There were fire rubies, sapphires, some diamonds and I think there was some quartz in there as well” Pinkie explained leaving Spike drooling and Rarity with stars in her eyes. “Well, can we get back to the story please?” asked Twilight. “Spike, stop drooling and get back to writing.” “Huh-wha? Oh sorry Twilight, I just can’t stop thinking about those gems” Spike said holding the quill and getting ready to write again. Pinkie got back to where she left off. “Well we just found a large assortment of gems.” *** “Wow! That’s a lot of gemstones.” Inkemina said, awestruck at the sight before her. Clyde let out a soft chuckle before he spoke. “It sure is. Now come on, it’s getting late and we should hide these gems somewhere safe.” Clyde walked back to the farmhouse and retrieved a large cart just big enough to carry all the gems plus two passengers. Sue already went ahead to start cooking dinner and prep the storage area. “Alright help me load up the gems, and then Pinkemina and I will hook up while you two can sit on the cart and make sure no gems fall off. Everypony know what they’re doing?” “Yes dad” they replied in unison again. They loaded all fifty gemstones up on to the cart and hooked themselves up. Before they set off however, Clyde froze and looked behind him. “Dad, what are you looking at?” asked Pinkemina who was also looking around her. “Nothing, I just thought I heard some scratching. Probably just a few rats” he said before they set off back towards the farmhouse. Unknown to all four of them a pair of slitted eyes were watching them from the hole where they dug up the rock from. Watching... and planning before it sunk back down into the darkness below. *** The next ten days carried on like that; the girls would go out and get taught many of the mining techniques Clyde used and trying them out themselves. Clyde suddenly heard more scratching, like the scuttling of paws from a mouse trying to scamper back into its hiding place, but these paws sounded much bigger and a lot closer too. Inkemina, Pinkemina and Blinkemina were just about to cut a rock in half when four creatures, wearing rags and looking similarly like dogs jumped out from one of the holes and started to run towards the three fillies. “Agh!” the three fillies were screaming at the top of their lungs which alerted Clyde about the trespassers and quickly motioned the girls to get behind him. “Who or what are you and why are you here!?” he questioned defiantly. The smallest of the group of dogs raised his right appendage up to signal to the others that he wishes to speak and be left alone. The other dogs picked up the rock beside them and scampered back into the hole. The leader spoke in a gruff voice which sounded a bit like he was gargling gravel. “I am Growler, leader of this group of Diamond Dogs and we only wish for you to return what you have stolen from us!” he said as he pumped his right hand, now curled into a ball high in the air and lightning appeared from nowhere illuminating the gloomy sky. *** “Whoa hold on thar suga’cube. Are ya’ll telling us that you faced Diamond Dogs, and didn’t bother to tell us on how to beat ‘em when Rarity got taken?” Applejack asked. “Well I was going to tell you, but we were busy digging the holes and when we got there Rarity was fine so I didn’t think we needed information.” Pinkie explained. “You could have at least told us darling. Also was it the same ruffians that took me?” Rarity asked. “Girls, can we get back to the story?” whined Rainbow Dash. “Hmm, where was I? Oh yeah, well after the leader said that my dad got all protective” Pinkie started. *** “We never stole anything from you.” Clyde said. “Yes you did, the rocks with gems that you keep digging up are in Diamond Dog territory” Growler explained. “Well I’m truly sorry for stealing from you but we didn’t know you were here at the time” Clyde said. “Perhaps we can come to a compromise” he reasoned. “Hmm, I’m listening, what do you have in mind?” Growler asked as he folded his arms across his chest. “Well how about we give you half of the gems that we find in, exchange you supply us with the rocks?” Clyde said who forgot he still had his daughters behind him. “Hmm” Growler was deep in thought over this proposition. “Okay then, you can crack the rocks that we can’t break and then we get half of the gems in the rock” he spat on his right paw and held it out. “Deal?” he said. Clyde did the same and then he and Growler shook on it. “Deal!” after that, Growler turned and shouted in the direction of the hole. “Sentinel, Rumbler, Banshee, Bring that rock back here!” Out from the hole popped up three Dogs and the rock which Clyde recognised as the same three who appeared with Growler. Clyde instantly picked up on what they wanted, took his hammer and chisel and walked over to the rock which the Dogs set down in front of him. Inkemina, Blinkemina and Pinkemina were curious and walked over next to their dad. Clyde positioned the chisel on the middle of the rock and had Pinkemina whack it with the hammer. It took a lot longer since she wasn’t as strong as Sue who had some experience in whacking rocks, but eventually the rock broke and out came more gemstones around the same amount as the rock found ten days ago. The Diamond Dogs pinked up half of the rock and dived back into the hole with their loot. “That, girls, is how you deal with trespassers: see if they want something and if you can help them, then do. If they want something from you then see if you can strike a compromise with them” Clyde explained as if he has dealt with this before. “What’s a compromise?” Pinkemina asked. “It’s like giving them a deal where both groups will benefit from the deal” ‘Well, that and I can’t really fight them since this isn’t rated teen’ he thought. “Now come on, I think your mother is cooking dinner now” Clyde said as he looked at the setting sun over the horizon. As they walked back the three fillies fell into a conversation. “Well that was eventful” Pinkemina stated. “Do you think we’re gonna do that again?” asked Blinkemina. “Well mum says that we might be going to Manehattan soon to exchange valuable goods” replied Inkemina. “Hopefully it will be as eventful as today was” said Pinkemina. “Girls! Hurry up and get over here!” ordered Clyde from the doorway. This disrupted the girl’s train of thought and they sped back to the farmhouse. After dinner, they went upstairs and went to sleep in their bedrooms. Once the dishes were cleared up; Clyde and Sue went upstairs and went to sleep. None of them were aware of what would await them at Manehattan. *** “Wow!” Rarity exclaimed awestruck at the story that was just told. “Does that mean that you know the names of all the gems in Equestria?” she asked. “Yeppers!” Pinkie exclaimed. “What are you gonna talk about now? How about what happened in Manehattan?” Twilight asked, curious as she is. Pinkie’s mane started to deflate at this question and she developed a frown instead of her trademark smile. ‘I don’t want to remember that’ [color] a part of her mind thought. ‘But maybe I can trust them with this secret and I really need to get this off my chest’ the other part of her mind reasoned. ‘Hmmm Nah. Find another memory’ the first part retorted. “Girls” she started. “How about I tell you the time Granny Pie visited the farm!” she instantly perked up at the memory. “Eh sure why not” Rainbow mumbled; wishing that the story will get more exciting. “Okay then, Spike get ready” Twilight motioned for her number one assistant to continue writing while the others nodded in agreement. Pinkie thought for a moment before finally speaking. “Okay, lemme start two days before she came to the farm... ”
Giggle at the GhostiesPinkie’s age: 9 years old 4 years until Sonic Rainboom The Pie family were busy. This was because Granny Pie was due to arrive later in the week so Everypony was busy with a specific job: Clyde went to town for various supplies that they might need, Sue was busy with making sure the house was spotless and the three fillies were at the front of the house clearing the path of any stray dirt. It may not seem like it but the house does have a cobblestone path leading from the front gate to the farmhouse. *** “I won’t bore you with the details but this is what we did before Granny came to the farm” Pinkie said. “Oh... um... I don’t really mind Pinkie” Fluttershy said just above a whisper. “Well I care, so can we so can we please skip the boring parts?” asked Rainbow Dash. “Let’s see, it was the night before she was due to arrive” Pinkie started. A blue maned earth pony trudged up the dirt path leading up to the farmhouse, her saddlebags hanging from her sides. Her coat was bright pink and had a cutie mark of a few vines, with gems coming off them, growing up a pole. It was a bright sunny day out on the farm and the birds were singing, not that she really paid them any mind. She came up to the door and knocked three times to signify her coming. Hoofsteps came from inside, getting louder the nearer the occupant got to the door. It swung open to reveal a small pink filly on the other side of the doorway. “Good day to you dear Pinkie” “Granny Pie!” the pink filly shouted. Pinkemina opened the door to let her grandma in only to be bear-hugged. “Granny” she wheezed. “You’re squishing me.” “Oh dear, I’m terribly sorry. It’s just been a long time since I last saw you” she said. She then looked over to the other ponies sitting on the couch and saw her other granddaughters. “Inkie, Blinkie come over here and give your granny a hug. It’s good to see you.” Both of them stood up from their game, consisting of dragons and old, decrepit dungeons, and hugged their grandma. Pinkemina went over to the door and closed it so it wouldn’t get colder. “It’s good to see you too granny” they said in unison. Sue was in the kitchen when she heard the commotion from the living room. “Mother is that you?” she asked. “I thought you weren’t due for another hour” she then proceeded to turn the stove to low heat and trot to the living room. “Well I was thinking of buying some apples from that new town near here, but I decided that I would surprise you by coming here early” she reasoned. “This is a surprise; Clyde is out busy doing some last minute digging near a gem vein that he found the other day, and I haven’t finished making dinner.” “Oh no, you don’t have to stop your mining because of me. I may be an old bird but I can still take care of myself. Also what are you cooking, it smells delicious.” “Cauliflower soup. Just like you used to make them” Sue said as her eyes glazed over with the fond memories. It was at this time that Clyde walked through the door with his mining pick and a bag full of gems. He looked up and saw his wife talking to her mother. “Mother? I thought you would be here a little later?” he inquired. Granny Pie twisted her head around to talk to the person standing in front of the doorway. “I know we said that you would be part of the family when you married my daughter, but you don’t have to keep calling me mother. Just Sarah will do” she half-scolded him. “Okay mo- I mean Sarah. How was your trip here?” he asked as he walked over and sat down on the chair. The sisters had moved their game over to a spot on the floor to allow the adults to talk about... adult things. “It was fairly nice a few birds and animals here and there but apart from that, it was really relaxing. The carriage puller was very friendly and that new town has some really friendly ponies. You should visit sometime” Sarah said. Well we were thinking of going there to sell some of our gems. Also is it true that I heard about something called zap apple jam?” Clyde asked. “Yup, you heard correctly. I wasn’t able to get any since it only comes around during the end of summer but you should go there sometime. The family that sells them sell the best apples in all of Equestria, or so I’ve heard.” Sarah told them. “Ha ha. We beat the Ursa Minor! Now let’s loot its body for some sweet booty me hearties!” that was Inkemina playing the role of a pirate with her trusty parrot on her shoulder and the character that Blinkemina was playing as, which was a ninja. Pinkemina, playing as the keeper, rolled the two dice as she said. “Looting the Ursa’s body you find...” she rolled a five and a one. “An essence of the cosmos. You put it in your pocket and continue on in your quest” she told them. *** “It was pretty much just that for the afternoon; us playing Harmony and Chaos and my parents catching up on the past” Pinkie said. “Why would you play that game? I’ve heard that it’s boring, confusing and can make some twenty percent less cool in about five seconds flat!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed. “Don’t you usually say ten seconds flat?” inquired Spike. “Yeah but this game is so not cool that it only takes five seconds.” “Wow, that bad huh?” Spike said. “Yeah it’s that bad.” It was the night before Sarah had to leave to go back to her home but as she was about to walk to her room, she heard some sniffing in the room next to her. Curious, she opened the door carefully and saw a pink filly in the covers slightly illuminated by the midnight gem. She went to the side of the bed and lifted up the filly so she could hug her. Pinkemina woke with a gasp from the sudden movement but as she saw who it was she hugged her grandmother tightly. “Shh shh its okay, it’s okay” Sarah comforted the filly. She turned around due to a sudden squeak and saw Clyde and Sue with worried faces on their muzzles. She asked them to be quiet and told them to go to their rooms for she had something important to tell her youngest granddaughter. “Come on, let’s go back to bed.” She placed Pinkemina on the bed and started walking away when the filly called out. “No! I-I mean please don’t leave me” Pinkemina asked worryingly. Sarah turned around and sat on the bed. She pulled Pinkemina up and hugged her. “Are you scared of the dark dear Pinkie?” “No... Sort of” she sighed in defeat knowing that her secret has most likely been found out. “Yes.” “Why haven’t you told your parents about this?” “I thought I could face my fears on my own, like a big filly would.” “You may be destined for greater things but you are still a young filly” Sarah put her hoof to her chin in thought. “This reminds me of a song that an old friend of mine taught me.” She stood up and faced the bed while music started to come out of nowhere. I can see a little filly and the sun has going down~ From across the hallway Sue Pie asked her husband with a smile: “Isn’t that the song-?” The darkness and the shadows, they are making you frown~ To which he replied smirking: “Hehehe, it is.” Now don’t hide under your pillow from what you think you see. Because I am saying that isn’t the way to deal with fears at all~ Pinkemina looked from underneath her pillow to question her grandmother. “Then what is?” I’m saying: Pinkie you’ve gotta stand up tall; learn to face your fears. You’ll see that they can’t hurt you, just laugh to make them disappear~! She lifted Pinkemina and made her face the wardrobe. “Ha! Ha! Ha!” after she said that, the swamp monster from the dark lagoon disappeared in a puff of smoke and became a normal wardrobe. Pinkemina gasped at this shocking revelation. So~ Giggle at the ghostie. Guffaw at the grossly. Crack up at the creepy. Whoop it up with the weepy. Chortle at the kooky. Snortle at the spooky. Sarah took a very deep breath in before she sang the next part very rapidly: And tell that big dumb scary face to take a hike and leave you alone and if he thinks he can scare you then he's got another thing coming and the very idea of such a thing just makes you wanna... hahahaha... heh... Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuugh! Sarah walked over to Pinkemina’s bed and tucked the young filly in. “Thanks Granny!” Pinkemina exclaimed. Sarah kneeled down next to the filly’s bed and kissed her forehead. Pinkemina sat up and hugged her grandma. They stayed in this position for a few more seconds before Sarah broke the embrace and kissed Pinkemina on the forehead again. “No problem my dear Pinkemina” she said before standing up and trotting over to the door. “Umm, granny?” “Hmm?” Sarah wondered before looking over her shoulders at the prone form of the filly on the bed. “Can you call me Pinkie, please? I like that name.” Sarah allowed a faint smile to crawl across her muzzle. “No problem, my dear Pinkie. Now remember that song and that you can do anything with the sound of laughter. You were always destined for greater things” she said before walking out the room and closing the door behind her. Instead of walking to her room she went straight to the front door. *** "Oh, so that's where that song came from" said Rarity. "Yup, but the funny thing was, after she left my room, I couldn't get back to sleep much so I looked out the window and I saw Princess Celestia standing outside talking to my grandmother" Pinkie said. "Wait. Why would the princess be outside your house?" Twilight asked. "Surely she has royal duties to do" "Can we just carry on with the story. We can ask the princess why she was at a rock farm instead of Canterlot with a letter can't we?" Dash said evidently tired with all the sitting she has had to endure. "Well I'm just curious as to what they could have talked about" Twilight said. *** Sarah Pie pushed the front door open and sat on the wooden rocking chair on the porch. She closed he eyes and listened to the sound of nature as she rocked back and forth. “I trust you didn't reveal too much to the young filly now did you?” she was snapped out of her stupor by a voice, which carried a regal tone to it, enquired at the old mare. “P-P-Princess!” she exclaimed as she jumped off the chair and bowed to the ruler of Equestria. “Sarah Pie, I thought I told you that I hate formalities” The regal alicorn chided. “Sorry Pri- I mean Celestia. Old habits die hard I guess.” “Yes quite, now back to what I was saying earlier, did you tell young Pinkemina of her destiny?” she asked. “No” Sarah replied strongly. “All I told her was that she was destined for greater things.” “Good. Mother has planned all of this and everything must go according to plan. Now run along my little pony, it’s getting late.” Very well” Sarah turned to walk back into the house, but before she did, she looked over her shoulder and asked Celestia a question: “Whatever your mother has planned, can you please make sure nothing bad happens to my granddaughter?” “I can’t promise anything. Pinkemina and her friends will face many hardships that will test each of their resolves. However I will at least promise that they will learn great things with each problem they face and that I will try to help them with every problem.” “Okay, I trust your guidance” and with that Sarah walked back to the house and went inside, ready for a good night’s sleep. Celestia turned around and look up at the moon. Her horn glowed in a yellow aura as she closed her eyes and spoke telepathically to a lone being on the moon. “Oh Luna~” Somewhere on a barren rock drifting in the never-ending void of space, a dark blue alicorn sat up groggily. “What do you want Tia?” Luna asked, clearly annoyed at her rude awakening. “I was looking through the dreamscape before you woke me up. Can’t you at least wait until the night is over?” Sorry Luna but I would like to inform you that one of the elements has learned the song mother created to help ‘defeat’ you” Celestia put extra emphasis on the defeat part. “You know I’m still annoyed that mother chose me to become the evil Nightmare Moon and ‘ be purged from the darkness’ as she so cleverly put it, it’s a stupid name. Also what is this thing about me using the aroyal ‘we’ all of a sudden, I thought we abandoned those 300 years before my so-called ‘banishment’” Luna complained “I know but mother did say you were better at acting than me.” “I suppose you’re right, do you think I- we should start practising more?” You might as well; you only have about 15 more years before your’ return as Queen Nightmare Moon and cast eternal night.’ Although I have to agree with you sister, that name does sound stupid.” “Well ‘we’ hath thought naught of a better name. This is going to take some getting used to” Luna said. “Remember Luna, you need to practise the royal ‘we’ and ye olde Equestrian” Celestia reminded her. “Yeah sure whatever. Goodnight” Luna said as she fell into a peaceful slumber. Celestia opened her eyes and spread her wings to take off into the night shy back to Canterlot. Unbeknownst to both Sarah and Celestia, a young pink filly with a straight mane was peeking out of her bedroom window. She wondered why Celestia was outside in their quiet rock farm since she was half asleep and didn’t really catch any of the conversation. She managed to get back to bed a and lie down wondering why the princess would come to a simple rock farm.
